1. Classiq's founder says the company was close to an IPO before choosing Intel, and that Intel's quantum effort will be led from Israel - Nir Minerbi told Ynet that Classiq's 140 employees will roughly double Intel's quantum headcount and that Classiq becomes a business unit under Intel's chief technology officer.
   Sources: Ynet, Geektime
2. Israeli defense tech M&A reached $3.26 billion in the first half of 2026, Frost & Sullivan finds - The report reviewed 44 announced aviation and defense deals from 2023 to 2026, excluding cyber, and found US acquirers behind about 45% of them.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
3. Nexera sells homeland security unit KeepZone AI to T3 Defense for up to $6 million - Nexera gets $1 million in T3 Defense stock at closing plus an earn-out capped at $5 million, and its shares rose about 38%.
   Sources: The Globe and Mail
4. Tel Aviv shares fall after an indecisive election, while tech stocks hold up - Globes reported the BlueTech Global index down about 0.6% while the construction index fell almost 6%.
   Sources: Globes
5. Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora's pay falls 19.5% to about $80 million - The board also lowered the cap on fiscal 2027 performance shares to three times target, from four.
   Sources: CTech
6. Israeli researchers' open-source AI tool Open-Kritt earns a $500,000 bug bounty - Harel Rom and Gabriel Balko say the flaw could have exposed about $100 million; the software and the payer have not been named.
   Sources: Geektime
7. NanoCo builds governance and security controls for enterprise AI agents - Its open-source NanoClaw platform runs agents in sandboxes and routes sensitive actions to a human for approval.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post

What to watch: Whether Tel Aviv's tech shares keep outperforming banks and builders as the final election count comes in.

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1. Intel acquires Israeli quantum software company Classiq for $2.3 billion - Globes puts the effective price at about $2.2 billion after Classiq's cash, the largest acquisition ever of a quantum computing company.
   Sources: Globes, Ynetnews, Israel Hayom
2. Classiq's founders and early investors stand to collect hundreds of millions, and Intel's CEO was an early backer - CTech reports Lip-Bu Tan invested in Classiq in 2022 and recused himself from discussions on the deal.
   Sources: CTech, CTech, Arutz Sheva
3. Unconventional AI acquires Israeli AI chip company NeuReality - Terms were not disclosed; Globes cites market estimates of $150 million to $200 million in cash and shares.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, ice
4. SolarEdge lays off about 200 employees, its fourth round of cuts since 2024 - Market sources told Globes only a few dozen of the cuts are in Israel.
   Sources: Globes
5. Elbit wins about $200 million in Asia-Pacific contracts for helicopter surveillance and training systems - The customer was not named and the contracts run over up to five years.
   Sources: CTech, Globes
6. Microsoft offers buyouts to up to 60,000 employees - CTech separately reported pre-dismissal hearings for about 50 Copilot Studio staff in Israel this month.
   Sources: CTech
7. Bezeq says AI traffic among its private customers has tripled in three months - CEO Nir David said data traffic used to double every two and a half to three years.
   Sources: Globes
8. Israel's Defense Ministry signs a 150 million euro naval deal with Cyprus - Israel Shipyards builds the patrol vessel and Rafael supplies its naval systems.
   Sources: Globes

What to watch: Because Intel is paying partly in its own shares, what Classiq's founders, investors and employees finally receive will move with Intel's stock price.

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1. US seeks control of Israeli defense technology as the price of future aid, Globes reports - The current US aid agreement expires in 2028, and both sides have agreed future military financing will be sharply lower.
   Sources: Globes
2. Check Point reports a surge in cyberattacks on Israeli organizations ahead of the election - Attacks averaged 2,700 a week in early October, up 55% from a year earlier.
   Sources: CTech
3. monday.com stock is up about 81% since April after layoffs and a push into AI agents - The company reports third-quarter results on November 9.
   Sources: Globes
4. IAI gets a bond reprieve from the Israel Securities Authority, and its union chief says hiring is slowing as AI spreads - IAI's NIS 154 million bond series can be deferred to April 2027 while a disclosure dispute is resolved.
   Sources: CTech, Ynetnews
5. Malaysia's prime minister raises the prospect of a full Waze ban after barring civil servants from the app - Waze says claims that it collects sensitive government information are false.
   Sources: CTech, Urban Acres
6. Mobileye shares fall to a new all-time low ahead of Thursday's results - Mobileye closed at $6.54 on Friday, a market cap of $5.6 billion.
   Sources: Globes
7. Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls Israel the minor exception in an AI race led by the US and China - Karp did not explain the remark or name an Israeli company.
   Sources: CTech
8. Six Israeli-linked companies appear on Time's Best Inventions of 2026 list - They include Aidoc, Nanox, SpotitEarly, Bria, Beewise and Doona.
   Sources: JNS
9. Women are about 5% of CEOs at private Israeli cyber companies, Innovation Authority data shows - CTech's look at gender bias in Israel's cyber industry cites Israel Innovation Authority figures.
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Mobileye reports third-quarter results on Thursday, with its shares at a record low and no successor yet named for CEO Amnon Shashua.

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1. Netanyahu's call for a crypto-based alternative economy draws fire from tech leaders and the Bank of Israel - Netanyahu said on Saturday that crypto is one tool among several and it is not certain it will be used, Globes reports.
   Sources: Calcalist, CTech, Globes
2. Fireblocks cuts about 7% of its workforce, including dozens of jobs in Israel - It is the company's third round of cuts since 2023, CTech reports.
   Sources: CTech
3. FIMI offers $65 million for half of pool robot maker Maytronics - Maytronics was worth about $2.9 billion at its 2021 peak, CTech reports.
   Sources: CTech
4. Denmark picks the Anthem cruise missile from Israeli-linked defense startup Covenant - Denmark did not disclose the price or the number of missiles.
   Sources: CTech
5. Swap Commerce buys Israeli AI startup Vizby months after its founding - Industry sources put the price in the millions of shekels, The Jerusalem Post reports.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
6. Bill Ackman says he has invested about $100 million in Israel
   Sources: Calcalist
7. AI companies are buying the Slack messages and emails of shut-down startups
   Sources: Geektime
8. Omer Adam's data center company Anan valued at over $1 billion after a Crusoe deal
   Sources: ice

What to watch: Whether the alternative-economy plan Netanyahu says he has requested is ever published, and how tech companies and investors respond after the election.

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1. Upwind reportedly turns down a nearly $4 billion acquisition offer from Datadog - The Information reported the offer and Globes says Upwind rejected it, while CTech says it learned the reported offer was not made.
   Sources: Globes, CTech
2. Visa is reported to be in advanced talks to buy Fireblocks for about $2.5 billion - The report comes from Axios, and Fireblocks denies it.
   Sources: Globes, Bizportal
3. Wiz researchers help expose PHP2Shell, a serious flaw in the PHP language behind most websites - Patches were released on 21 October, a day early, after details leaked.
   Sources: Calcalist, Globes
4. AI efficiency startup 2Delta raises tens of millions of dollars from Bill Ackman and Eric Schmidt - Ackman disclosed the investment while visiting Israel for a conference at Sheba Medical Center.
   Sources: Calcalist, Globes, Globes
5. Papaya Gaming's CEO says the company will fight a $719 million US judgment - Papaya is appealing and has asked courts in Israel and Delaware to pause collection.
   Sources: Globes
6. OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX build sales presence in Israel
   Sources: Globes
7. Cantor Fitzgerald and Oppenheimer see Wix's recovery continuing
   Sources: Globes
8. Eventer Technologies agrees to buy the remaining 49% of its Israeli subsidiary for $5.1 million
   Sources: TradingView

What to watch: Whether Upwind announces the $300 million round at a $3.8 billion valuation that Globes and CTech say it is completing now.

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1. Sheba Medical Center's innovation arm ARC Global merges with New York's Redesign Health - Calcalist puts the deal at tens of millions of dollars, paid to Sheba, with about 10% going to the state.
   Sources: Calcalist, PR Newswire
2. Cybersecurity startup Mave raises $34 million for AI agents that investigate security alerts - The total includes a $28 million Series A led by Red Dot Capital Partners.
   Sources: Business Insider, Walla
3. Modelyo raises about $17 million for a confidential cloud platform - The round was led by US-based OlivTree; the company was previously funded by its founders.
   Sources: CTech, Israel Hayom
4. Finance Ministry and Tax Authority weigh a higher tax on tech workers' unexercised options - Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he opposes the options proposal, Globes reports.
   Sources: Globes
5. JFrog's market value climbs to about $11.5 billion, roughly monday.com and Nice combined - The shares are up about 55% this year after falling roughly 50% into February, CTech reports.
   Sources: CTech
6. Rylo signs a collaboration with Nvidia to develop real-time sign language translation - Calcalist reports Rylo recently raised $85 million, bringing its total to $101 million.
   Sources: Calcalist
7. Vintage Investment Partners raises $920 million, taking assets under management past $4.8 billion - Tzlil Kovetz and Ilan Leiferman were promoted to partner.
   Sources: CTech
8. Nvidia unveils a security architecture for AI agents built on its Israel-developed BlueField-4 chip - Jensen Huang presented it at GTC in Berlin, Globes reports.
   Sources: Globes
9. Thailand buys IWI's Arbel anti-drone system, according to Globes sources - No deal value was reported.
   Sources: Globes

What to watch: Whether the proposal to tax tech workers' unexercised options goes to the government for a decision, after Finance Minister Smotrich came out against it.

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1. Elbit Systems completes the acquisition of Canadian underwater vehicle maker International Submarine Engineering - Elbit did not disclose the price, describing it as not material.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, The Jerusalem Post
2. RGo Robotics winds down and sells licenses to its technology, including to John Deere's Blue River - Blue River will open its first R&D center outside the US in Israel, according to TheMarker.
   Sources: Ice
3. XTEND shares hit a new low, about two-thirds below its listing valuation - The slide continued after a $40.5 million US military order, CTech reports.
   Sources: CTech
4. Stripe recruits a general manager to launch operations in Israel - Stripe's payment processing is not yet available in Israel, according to Globes.
   Sources: Globes
5. Israel Shipyards and Rafael near a naval deal with Cyprus - CTech puts the deal at about 150 million euros; Globes says over $100 million.
   Sources: CTech, Globes
6. SanDisk moves its northern development center to the North High-Tech Park in Bar-Lev - About 120 employees will move from Tefen, CTech reports.
   Sources: CTech
7. Qualcomm plans performance-based job cuts worldwide - Qualcomm has not said whether its Israeli operation will be affected.
   Sources: CTech
8. Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley AI glasses go on sale officially in Israel - Meta says prices in Israel start at 1,590 shekels.
   Sources: Geektime
9. Tel Aviv court rejects EA's jurisdiction challenge to a proposed loot box class action - The court has not ruled on whether loot boxes are gambling.
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Whether Israel Shipyards and Rafael sign their naval deal with Cyprus in the coming weeks, as CTech expects.

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1. Boomi buys Israeli data observability startup Elementary for about $40 to 45 million - It is Boomi's third Israeli acquisition, after Rivery and Lunar.dev, according to CTech.
   Sources: CTech, Business Wire
2. TTM Technologies agrees to buy MKS's Ophir Optics business in Jerusalem for $650 million - The deal excludes Ophir's laser measurement business and the Ophir brand, which stay with MKS.
   Sources: Globes, Yahoo Finance
3. Amnon Shashua's doubleAI unveils Maxwell, a code execution model to cut computing costs - doubleAI has raised about $200 million from investors including Nvidia and Dell, according to Globes.
   Sources: Globes, PYMNTS, Digital Today
4. Laser maker Civan Lasers prepares a Tel Aviv IPO at up to 1.8 billion shekels - Civan supplies a core technology for the Iron Beam laser defense system, Globes reports.
   Sources: Globes
5. Elbit Systems wins a $235 million rocket artillery contract from a European country - Sources told Globes the client is Azerbaijan; Elbit did not name it.
   Sources: Globes, CTech
6. Transmit Security co-founder Mickey Boodaei hands the CEO role to Matt Thompson - Boodaei becomes active chairman, according to Calcalist.
   Sources: Calcalist
7. Drone software company High Lander brings its total funding to $30 million - The size of the latest investment was not disclosed.
   Sources: Ynetnews
8. Alma Ventures holds a first closing for a $40 million mental health fund with Sheba
   Sources: Globes
9. Intel reports a suspected gas leak at its Kiryat Gat plant days after a fatal explosion - Fire and Rescue Services said the incident was contained within the plant.
   Sources: CTech
10. Pelephone is close to buying mobile operator Wecom for about 265 million shekels - A final agreement is expected in the coming days, according to Ice.
    Sources: Ice

What to watch: Whether doubleAI's claimed compute savings hold up once Maxwell reaches more customers.

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1. Israel's Electricity Authority outlines a 200 megawatt cap on each new data center - Grid operator Noga received connection requests totaling about 27,000 megawatts, according to Calcalist.
   Sources: Calcalist, CTech
2. OpenWeb's Israeli employees demand to be paid from company funds or they will seek liquidation - OpenWeb is under a court-appointed temporary trustee and in a dispute with its lender, Liquidity.
   Sources: Globes
3. Israel Aerospace Industries has six weeks to resolve a disclosure impasse blocking its IPO - IAI plans to sell at least 20% of its shares at a valuation of about NIS 100 billion, according to CTech.
   Sources: CTech
4. Senior product and engineering managers are leaving monday.com after its reorganization - monday.com cut about 20% of its global workforce in a reorganization announced in July.
   Sources: Calcalist
5. Israeli tech employs about 18,000 fewer people than pre-pandemic growth implied, a Reichman University paper finds - The policy paper is by the Phoenix Capital Market Research Institute at Reichman University.
   Sources: CTech
6. Alice and AI21 say they trained an NVIDIA Nemotron model to resist prompt injection - The results come from the companies' own tests, not independent evaluations, Ynetnews notes.
   Sources: Ynetnews
7. Google and IAB Europe drop Discover-Tech from their vendor lists after the Citizen Lab spyware report - Follows Friday's report that researchers tied Discover-Tech's ads to Candiru spyware.
   Sources: PPC Land
8. SpotitEarly, Beewise and Bria AI make TIME's list of the year's best inventions - Three Israeli companies are on the list, according to Globes.
   Sources: Globes
9. Car group Colmobil is still recovering from a cyber incident five days on - The company says it has notified the regulators and is investigating the source.
   Sources: Globes

What to watch: Whether the Justice Ministry or the Israel Securities Authority resolves IAI's disclosure problem before its only bond series falls due on 1 December.

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1. Hex-Rays, maker of IDA Pro, buys Israeli AI security research startup Ventris for $30 million to $35 million - Ventris has six employees, was founded in 2025 and never raised outside capital, according to CTech.
   Sources: CTech
2. Rocket Software buys Geniez AI, an Israeli startup building AI agents for mainframes - The price was not disclosed; Calcalist estimates it at up to $100 million.
   Sources: CTech, Quasa.io
3. Investors led by CEO Eyal Peso put $7 million into Gauzy under a court-approved debt arrangement - Gauzy has lost 98% of its value since its Nasdaq IPO, according to Globes.
   Sources: Globes
4. John Paulson gives the Hebrew University $250 million, including for a new Faculty of Engineering - The Mount Scopus campus will be renamed the Alina and John Paulson Campus.
   Sources: Globes, The Jerusalem Post, CTech
5. The Innovation Authority and Labor Ministry put NIS 25 million into programs for women in tech - The money, with matching private funds, goes to 15 programs.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
6. Cellebrite reportedly presents LOKI, a boot ROM exploit for older Apple chips, at Hexacon - The report rests on a post by International Cyber Digest citing a conference slide.
   Sources: Pasquale Pillitteri
7. CTech analysis: Varonis sells for about 8.4 times revenue, below its 2021 peak - Follows Friday's report of Proofpoint's $6.3 billion deal for Varonis.
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Whether the commercial court in Lyon approves a plan for Gauzy's French subsidiary, which the shares set aside for its trustees depend on.

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1. Proofpoint, owned by Thoma Bravo, agrees to buy Varonis for about $6.3 billion in cash - The $49.75 a share price is a 52% premium over the price before sale rumors began in June.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, Times of Israel, Bizportal
2. Researchers say Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech used online ads to track users and deliver Candiru spyware - Citizen Lab says 45 Al Jazeera devices were compromised; Discover-Tech did not respond.
   Sources: Reuters, The Economic Times, The SOFX Report
3. AI chip company Axonica Labs raises up to $80 million in a pre-seed round - Amplify Partners, Wing VC and Qualcomm Ventures lead; it has already raised $50 million.
   Sources: Globes
4. Skapion, building a system against drone swarms, raises a $36 million seed round - UP Partners and Khosla Ventures lead; Iron Dome veteran Pini Yungman is founding architect.
   Sources: CTech
5. Zenzap raises $44 million for a workspace where people and AI agents work together - Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round.
   Sources: Globes, Geektime
6. BloomX raises $13 million for robotic crop pollination
   Sources: CTech
7. Pilat Group plans to list in Canada through a reverse merger
   Sources: Globes
8. Gil Shwed says he does not see the economic models that justify AI spending at this scale
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Whether US or European regulators open an investigation into Discover-Tech and Candiru, as Citizen Lab has asked them to.

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1. CrowdStrike is in advanced talks to buy Israeli data security startup Orion for about $500 million - Orion was founded in 2024 and has raised $38 million.
   Sources: CTech
2. Salesforce signs a deal to buy Israeli AI analytics company Loops, its tenth acquisition in Israel - CTech estimates the price at about $30 million; Loops will join Tableau.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, Maariv
3. Freshworks signs a deal to buy Torii, which tracks companies' software and AI spending - Terms were not disclosed; Torii has raised $65 million.
   Sources: CTech
4. CVC buys 40% of Petah Tikva camouflage maker Fibrotex - Calcalist puts the price at about $350 million; the FT at about 250 million euros.
   Sources: CTech, European Business Magazine
5. Microsoft calls about 50 Copilot Studio employees in Israel to pre-dismissal hearings - About half are expected to keep their jobs.
   Sources: Ynetnews
6. Bank Leumi and Aspire set up a joint trust company for employee shares and options
   Sources: CTech
7. Aliyah Ventures, a pre-seed fund for immigrant founders, completes its first close
   Sources: Ynetnews
8. Ondas and Palantir set up Regna AI to build AI models for defense and government customers
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Whether CrowdStrike and Orion sign a deal, which Calcalist says is in advanced talks but not yet complete.

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1. Amazon is in talks to buy Decart, an AI startup founded by three Israeli engineers, for around $7 billion - Anthropic had discussed buying Decart for about $6 billion before deciding against it in September.
   Sources: Bloomberg, TradingKey, Israel Hayom
2. A creditor asks the court to open insolvency proceedings against HUB Security - Consulting firm Asiag says HUB owes it close to $500,000.
   Sources: Globes
3. One Zero lays off about 25 employees in its third round of cuts since 2024 - The digital bank says AI and automation let it run with a leaner structure.
   Sources: CTech
4. DIG Ventures closes a $120 million third fund for enterprise and AI startups in Europe and Israel
   Sources: Pulse 2.0
5. Finance Minister Smotrich rejects a higher tax on high-tech employees' stock options - Globes says the recommendations target the 2027 Arrangements Law, which the next government will pass.
   Sources: Globes
6. Similarweb proposes a pay package of up to $10 million in shares for incoming CEO Michael Ackerman
   Sources: Globes
7. San Francisco AI insurance startup Corgi opens a business presence in Israel
   Sources: TheMarker
8. IAI unveils POINT@AIR, an aerostat-based radar, in Washington
   Sources: CTech
9. Maris-Tech receives a $10 million order, its largest ever, for airborne video systems
   Sources: Israel Defense

What to watch: Whether Amazon and Decart sign a deal, which the Wall Street Journal says could come quickly if talks hold.

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1. The Finance Ministry examines a capital gains exemption of up to about NIS 45 million for tech founders - The ministry is also considering raising the tax on employee options under Section 102.
   Sources: Bizportal, TheMarker
2. Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky settles with New York's attorney general and accepts a lifetime industry ban - The settlement carries up to $35 million in conditional payments.
   Sources: Geektime, crypto.news
3. Israeli cyber startups raise at least $2.4 billion in the third quarter, nearly half the global total - About 20 of 26 disclosed Israeli rounds went to companies securing AI agents and machine identities.
   Sources: CTech
4. Israel opens its first national pavilion at the Marrakech Airshow as IAI reportedly negotiates a LORA sale - No contracts were announced at the show.
   Sources: CTech, Yabiladi
5. US Army fields the first Bradleys with Elbit's Iron Fist, while French cargo workers refuse an Elbit-bound shipment - Elbit declined to comment on the French shipment.
   Sources: CTech, CTech
6. Limy, which helps brands appear in AI answers, has raised $10 million from Andreessen Horowitz - Globes profiles founder Aviv Shmani.
   Sources: Globes
7. Chip startup Positron sets up a development operation in Israel - Positron was recently valued at $5 billion.
   Sources: TheMarker
8. Israeli app Fisherman filters spam and phishing texts, including election messages
   Sources: Geektime
9. Swaptix lets Israelis trade unwanted event tickets for platform credit
   Sources: Geektime

What to watch: How the Finance Ministry defines who qualifies for the founders' exemption, and whether it raises the tax on employees' stock options at the same time.

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1. PCB Technologies agrees to buy Silicon Valley's Gorilla Circuits at a $120 million enterprise value - The deal needs CFIUS approval and is expected to close within eight months.
   Sources: CTech, PR Newswire
2. Rein Security raises $25 million Series A to secure the AI agents companies build - The round was co-led by Glilot Capital and Sienna Venture Capital.
   Sources: CTech, Geektime
3. HoneyBook lays off about 14% of staff, and Silk cuts about a quarter of its R&D team - Both companies link the cuts to AI; most of HoneyBook's affected employees are in Israel.
   Sources: CTech, Globes
4. MonsterCloud founder Zohar Pinhasi charged with wire fraud in New York - He pleaded not guilty and was released on $2 million bail.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
5. Finance Ministry report rejects an AI tax but proposes taxes on capital gains and digital services - The interim report was led by chief economist Dr. Samuel Abramzon.
   Sources: The Times of Israel
6. Phantom GI raises a $5 million seed round for a needle-based ostomy device - Pitango led the round, with RAD Biomed and RUNI Ventures.
   Sources: CTech, citybiz
7. Privacy regulator finds the Education Ministry broke the law over a leak of 21,000 special education students' data - The authority did not specify a fine.
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
8. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange examines buying the Cyprus Stock Exchange - The move is at an initial stage.
   Sources: Globes

What to watch: Whether US regulators at CFIUS clear PCB Technologies' purchase of Gorilla Circuits, the main condition for a deal expected to close within eight months.

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1. A2Z Cust2Mate completes its acquisition of Israeli retail media company Hedia - A2Z paid about $8.4 million in cash plus 833,333 shares, with up to about $6.7 million more tied to 2027 and 2028 targets.
   Sources: Pulse 2.0, Stock Titan
2. Silentium files to raise about $15 million in a NYSE American IPO - The Nes Ziona company's first-half 2026 revenue fell 44% to $1.5 million, and its prospectus carries a going concern note.
   Sources: Globes
3. Link11 sues the former shareholders of Reblaze, alleging misrepresentation in its 2024 acquisition - The sellers call the claim baseless; the case is in the Tel Aviv District Court.
   Sources: TheMarker
4. Google to pay about $2.6 million to settle two Israeli class actions over location tracking - The settlements include no admission of liability.
   Sources: CTech
5. At least 20 Israeli-founded startups compete to secure AI agents, with about $900 million raised - Nikesh Arora says about 40 companies are being funded in agentic security.
   Sources: CTech
6. Square Peg raises more than $1 billion across two new funds - The firm has had an office in Tel Aviv since 2014.
   Sources: Forbes Australia
7. Aqua Security founder Dror Davidoff joins Team8 as a managing partner - The appointment has not been officially announced.
   Sources: TheMarker
8. Oracle cuts another 70 jobs in Ireland while its Israel operation keeps hiring - Oracle lists 33 openings in Israel.
   Sources: CTech
9. Quantum Machines holds its Chicago conference over Israel's election day - The company says the event was planned before the election date was set.
   Sources: Calcalist
10. Messages posing as Google security alerts target Israeli users with fake support numbers - Some numbers use the 1-809 prefix, which can carry international call charges.
    Sources: Globes

What to watch: Silentium's IPO pricing, aimed at $6 to $8 a share, as a test of whether a small Israeli tech listing can get done on Wall Street now.

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1. Capitolis raises $220 million in equity and debt at a $1.9 billion valuation, led by Citi - Last week Capitolis agreed to buy eSecLending for $200 million, and says the new money will help complete the deal.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, Calcalist, ice
2. Eon in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of at least $7.5 billion - Eon's last round, in December 2025, valued it at $4 billion.
   Sources: TheMarker
3. BridgeWise examines an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange instead of an exit - The company says no final decision has been made.
   Sources: Globes
4. Covenant opens a factory in Leipzig to build long-range strike systems for NATO allies - Covenant aims to produce 5,000 missiles a year by 2028.
   Sources: CTech
5. NextVision shares fall after Fidelity's sale, and an investor questions the timing
   Sources: CTech
6. Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike and Fortinet hit record highs
   Sources: CTech
7. Unit 42 says Iranian-aligned hackers posed as Dubai Airports recruiters and targeted an Israeli entity
   Sources: CTech
8. Crypto trader arrested on suspicion of hiding tens of millions of dollars in trading
   Sources: CTech
9. HOT Group completes the sale of HOT Mobile at an enterprise value of about NIS 1.88 billion
   Sources: Israel Defense

What to watch: Whether BridgeWise goes ahead with a Tel Aviv IPO, a test of the local market as an alternative to an exit.

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1. Fidelity sells most of its NextVision stake for about $426 million - Fidelity sold 5.7 million shares through Goldman Sachs and keeps about 3.1 million, under 5% of the drone camera maker.
   Sources: CTech, Bizportal
2. Advent's Mike Ettling on replacing Sapiens' management and laying off about 800 people - Advent bought Sapiens for $2.5 billion last December and delisted it in Tel Aviv and the US.
   Sources: CTech
3. Average high-tech pay falls 6.2% in July after months of double-digit growth - Central Bureau of Statistics figures also show high-tech jobs down 0.3% from a year earlier, at 397,300.
   Sources: CTech, Bizportal
4. Revolut hires for banking roles in Israel as it seeks a lean bank license - The licence would let Revolut offer deposit accounts and compete with the five banks that dominate Israeli banking.
   Sources: CTech
5. Remitly names Maya Roisman general manager of its Israeli operations - She succeeds Guy Kashtan, who founded Rewire, the startup Remitly bought in 2022.
   Sources: CTech, Calcalist
6. Nikesh Arora says Palo Alto Networks will not cut its roughly 6,000 engineers over AI
   Sources: CTech
7. Israeli startup Moonshot renames itself Shuttlebase after a clash with China's Moonshot AI
   Sources: Geektime
8. Hetz Ventures' Judah Taub publishes Moonshots for Israel
   Sources: PR Newswire

What to watch: Next month's Central Bureau of Statistics figures, which will show whether July's 6.2% fall in high-tech pay was one odd month or a trend.

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1. A Tel Aviv court appoints a temporary trustee for OpenWeb, which owes about NIS 177.5 million - Last week the court put a temporary receiver over OpenWeb's Israeli assets at its lender's request.
   Sources: CTech, Calcalist
2. HiBob's UK filing shows $237 million in 2025 revenue, up 44%, with losses growing too - HiBob is registered in the UK and files annual accounts with Companies House.
   Sources: TheMarker
3. Israel's Defense Ministry owes Rafael, IAI and Elbit more than NIS 17 billion as exports hit a record - Israeli defense exports reached $19.2 billion in 2025, 36% of it to Europe.
   Sources: CTech
4. Qtrex Quantum, formerly Inspira Technologies, jumps 40% on a deal with an unnamed quantum computing company - The company changed its name and business from biomedical devices to quantum computing infrastructure in May.
   Sources: Globes
5. Deepcut reports alleged safety breaches after Pixellot cameras livestreamed a women's basketball game in Australia - Pixellot did not respond to Deepcut's questions.
   Sources: Deepcut
6. A Toronto mayoral campaign defends its use of the Israeli-made Victory App
   Sources: Toronto Sun
7. Simon Leviev, the convicted 'Tinder Swindler', says he will release a dating app called Safe Love
   Sources: New York Post
8. The merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance, with Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO
   Sources: The Forward

What to watch: The temporary trustee's first report on OpenWeb, due in court within ten days with recommendations on what happens next.

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1. Palo Alto Networks becomes the first company worth over NIS 1 trillion on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange - Palo Alto has traded in Tel Aviv since February 2026, after completing its $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk.
   Sources: CTech, Globes, Ynetnews, CTech
2. Hotel distribution company HyperGuest raises $25 million from Apax's mid-market arm - HyperGuest says it has processed more than $1 billion in transactions since it was founded in 2020.
   Sources: CTech, Techloy
3. Amnesty says Morocco's intelligence service used NSO's Pegasus against journalists and activists - The report relies on a former Moroccan intelligence employee, leaked records and journalistic investigations; Morocco denies using spyware on its citizens.
   Sources: Amnesty International, Africanews
4. Haredi women are over-represented among Israel's high-tech job seekers, an Employment Service report finds - About 70% of Haredi women looking for tech work are in software roles the report calls particularly exposed to AI.
   Sources: Calcalist
5. A SentinelOne AI engineer uses GPT-6 Astra to solve an 1809 Napoleonic cipher
   Sources: CTech
6. Indictment says an Israeli man consulted ChatGPT while allegedly carrying out tasks for an Iranian handler
   Sources: The Jerusalem Post
7. IAI and Elbit win $127 million in US Navy contracts
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: How much one company now moves the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, with Palo Alto worth about a third of all the shares traded there.

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1. Nebius acquires ten-month-old Tel Aviv startup Inferize for an estimated $100 million to $150 million - Inferize cuts GPU cold-start time; its team and technology join Nebius's Token Factory inference platform.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, CTech, ice, GuruFocus
2. RapidAPI co-founder Mickey Haslavsky's enso raises a $15 million Series A led by MoreTech Ventures - enso builds AI agents for marketing and sales and has raised $23 million in total.
   Sources: CTech, Forbes Israel, ice
3. Snyk cut 20% of its workforce in June and wrote off technology from Israeli acquisitions Helios and Enso Security - A UK filing puts the layoff cost at $12.8 million to $13.8 million and the write-off charge at $3.2 million.
   Sources: CTech
4. OpenWeb co-founder Ishay Green says the company's decline began when founder Nadav Shoval was ousted - CEO Jim Daily says OpenWeb is operating as usual while a temporary receiver is in place.
   Sources: Globes, Adweek
5. Israeli startups raised $13.2 billion in the first nine months of 2026 - CTech's count covers 192 disclosed rounds, about 85% of 2025's full-year $15.6 billion.
   Sources: CTech
6. Microsoft ranks Israel the second most targeted country for cyberattacks - Israel drew 7.6% of global threat activity and 39% of Iranian state-backed operations, per Microsoft's report.
   Sources: CTech
7. Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is named co-CEO of the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery - Kreiz will run day-to-day operations and integration alongside David Ellison once the $110 billion merger closes.
   Sources: Ynetnews, Haaretz

What to watch: What Nebius builds next in Israel after Inferize and Tavily, and whether a buyer comes forward for OpenWeb while the receiver is in charge.

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1. Nebius explores buying an Israeli company for about $100 million to $150 million - Nebius already bought Israeli AI search startup Tavily for an initial $275 million, partners with AI21 and is building an AI data center in Modi'in.
   Sources: CTech, ice
2. Tel Aviv court appoints a temporary receiver for OpenWeb at its lender's request - Mars Growth Capital says it is owed about $20 million; the lien covers OpenWeb's Israeli bank funds, receivables and intellectual property.
   Sources: Globes
3. Israeli startups raise about $2.77 billion across 28 rounds in September - Five mega-rounds made up about 69% of the month's total, with AI agent security the dominant theme.
   Sources: CTech
4. Snyk's revenue passes $300 million as growth slows and losses widen - UK filings show 11% growth in 2025, a net loss of $197.9 million and founder Guy Podjarny back as chairman.
   Sources: CTech
5. Israeli founder says he was barred from a San Francisco AI hackathon for being Israeli - Adam Levi says Andreessen Horowitz investors told him they withdrew their sponsorship of the event.
   Sources: The Algemeiner
6. Pagaya's AI-driven real estate fund is down 54.5% since 2022 - SmartResi Fund I now holds 888 US homes, down from 1,400 a year ago.
   Sources: CTech
7. Foresight Autonomous will voluntarily delist from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange - Its shares will keep trading on Nasdaq; the last Tel Aviv trading day is January 1, 2027, the company says.
   Sources: GlobeNewswire
8. Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, with Wiz among its first security partners - Google says Wiz used the model to find a critical vulnerability in a system used by hospitals.
   Sources: Geektime
9. OpenAI makes its first go-to-market hire in Israel - Motti Hadas, formerly a vice president at Matrix, joins OpenAI.
   Sources: Globes

What to watch: Whether Nebius confirms an Israeli acquisition and names the company, and what OpenWeb's temporary receiver does with its Israeli assets.

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1. Capitolis buys US securities lending firm eSecLending for $200 million in cash - The sellers are Parthenon Capital and eSecLending's management, and Parthenon is investing in Capitolis as part of the deal; it is Capitolis's fourth acquisition in five years.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, TheMarker, Geektime
2. Cato Networks completes a secondary deal worth about $100 million, its second in just over a year - Globes reports hundreds of employees and existing investors sold shares; Cato's annual recurring revenue has passed $415 million.
   Sources: Globes
3. AI agent security company Reco raises $50 million, with AT&T Ventures as a strategic investor - Forestay and Quadrille Capital joined the round; Globes puts Reco's total funding at $135 million, while Israel Defense reports the round as $55 million.
   Sources: Globes, Geektime, Israel Defense
4. Protego Ventures closes a $125 million debut fund for Israeli defense tech - Led by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser, the fund invests $5 million to $15 million per company and backed drone maker XTEND before its NYSE listing.
   Sources: TechCrunch, Ynetnews
5. OpenWeb's insolvency filing alleges its lender demanded $20 million and took control of its accounts - Geektime reports the filing and the CEO's letter to staff, which says a sale process with a potential buyer was paused; the company says it is still operating.
   Sources: Geektime
6. Smart Shooter wins a US counter-drone contract with a ceiling of $150 million
   Sources: CTech
7. Rig Security emerges from stealth with a $12 million seed round
   Sources: CTech, Crypto Briefing
8. Meitav Trade says an outside party accessed customer data through a vendor's API
   Sources: CTech, Escudo Digital
9. Phoenix adds nearly $1 billion of exposure to Israeli chip equipment makers Nova and Camtek
   Sources: CTech

What to watch: Regulatory and antitrust clearance for the Capitolis deal, and whether a sale of OpenWeb comes back on the table in court.

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1. Paragon, the spyware maker founded by former 8200 commanders, agrees a SPAC merger at a $1.25 billion valuation - Paragon and its US sister company REDLattice will merge with Nasdaq-listed Bold Eagle, with $335 million of committed capital. Paragon brings over $200 million of the combined $267 million in revenue.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, Reuters, The Business Journals, TheMarker
2. Paragon CEO Idan Nurick is leaving to found a new cyber company, with top US funds lining up - Globes reports investors including Sequoia's Sean Maguire and Omri Casspi's Swish Fund are ready to back it at a valuation in the hundreds of millions.
   Sources: Globes, CTech
3. Valley National buys Israeli-founded fintech Bluevine for $340 million - 75% cash, 25% stock. Bluevine serves 175,000 US small businesses, and about 180 engineers and R&D staff, including in Tel Aviv, move to the bank.
   Sources: Globes, CTech, Geektime, Bizportal, ice
4. OpenWeb, once valued at $1.5 billion, files for insolvency and asks for a stay of proceedings - Founded in 2012 as Spot.im, the company raised about $400 million. CEO Jim Daly told employees in a letter, according to TheMarker.
   Sources: TheMarker, Calcalist
5. Wix's Base44 launches Base Code to compete with Claude Code and Cursor - A cloud environment that connects to a team's GitHub repositories, so product managers and designers can change code by chat and submit pull requests for review.
   Sources: CTech
6. Ibex Investors closes an $87 million secondary fund for mature Israeli tech companies
   Sources: Pulse 2.0
7. Former hostage Noa Argamani joins Vine Ventures to help Israeli startups break into the US
   Sources: CTech, Ynetnews
8. Maris-Tech wins a record $10 million order for airborne defense video systems
   Sources: GlobeNewswire via The Manila Times
9. Nvidia launches an AI agent safety platform, with its Sentry monitor running on chips from its Israeli R&D
   Sources: Ynetnews, BigGo Finance

What to watch: OpenWeb's court filing: what happens to its staff and the publishers that run its comment platform.

Full transcript: https://www.startuptofollow.com/israel-tech-daily/2026-09-28-paragon-spac-bluevine-openweb

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